Who is really fastest?
The big talk here this evening at Apeldoorn is how to determine your real pace as drivers play around with setting up their cars for tyres with varying levels of running on them. Jilles Groskamp, Marc Rheinard and Andy Moore have decided to sit out the final practice run of the day as a result but all three declared themselves happy with their cars. Young Yannic Pruemper doesnt have such a luxury as school committments mean he has only had two runs so far and the extra 5 minutes this evening will be more valuable mileage. The winner of Round 3 of the Euro Touring Series, the Tamiya/Speed Passion driver is loving the fast flowing track and has used his runs to fine tune the settings on his GT2 Pro speedo as others run a fine line in terms of run time.
Marc Fischer has been playing around with shocks on his Corally. A switch to a harder shock has given the car better feeling and made it more consistent over the run. The German is now also happier with his pace on used tyres.
Team Kyosho/Orion pairing Steen Graversen and Christopher Kraap are both happy with their day although Danish Champion Graversen was cautious about his rivals pace once everyone starts running the same tyres. Kraap, who tested here last week in preparation for the fourth round of the Much More backed series, said he really likes the track and that his Stallion is working well both on new and used tyres. Steven Wiess’ world travels have finally started to catch up with him but despite the jetlag kicking in he is happy with his Xray T2 ‘009 after changing to a slightly softer spring all round.
In Pro Stock defending Champion Alexander Stocker is pleased with the feeling of his HB Cyclone but the German feels tactics will play a big roll in the outcome of qualifying tomorrow. This view is shared by fellow HB driver Vasco Christiaanse who has set the pace here today in terms of laps times. We could well see drivers sitting out early heats so as to score better in the later heats as a result of fresher tyres. Round 3 winner Mike Niemann admits that he is struggling to get his Xray to his liking.
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